Bowling for Columbine Questions

1.Micheal Moore opens a bank account so that he can get what item instead of interest?Guns
2.where did Michael Moore grow up?
Michigan
3.Charlton Heston is president of what organization?
National Rifle Association (NRA)
4.Who are Timothy McVeign amd Terry Nichols?
They carried out Oklahoma City bombing .
5.Why does the man from Michigan militia say you must carry a gun?
You need to protect yourself first, or no one will protect you.
6.James Nichols was arrested in connection with which booming?
Oklahoma City Bombing
7.James Nichols says, "I use the pen, because the pen is mightier than the sword. But you always have to keep the sword handy for when the pen fails." What does this statement mean?
Everyone still needs a gun to protect himself.
8.Does James Nichols believe that nuclear weapons should be restricted? Does he contradict himself?
He believes that nuclear weapons should be restricted, but he contradict himself because he agree to use nuclear weapon to defend the United States.
9.Describe the Littleton communityAns: Residents claimed that the community is a good place to live in and raise their children.
10.The security expert in Littleton talks with Michael Moore about security in houses. What is a safe room? Why would you want one?
A safe room is made of concrete and steel, and it is hard to break in.
11.This security man gets emotional and says that Columbine did something. What did Columbine do?
12.What does the Lockheed spokesman mean by "We are Columbine"?
13.Why did Lockheed donate $100000 toward anger-management programs?
14.What happened in Kosovo on April 20, 1999? what happened one hour later?
The NATO bombed Kosovo on April 20, 1999. After one hour, the tragedy in Columbine high school happened.
15.What organization held a major rally in Denver 10 days after the shooting?
NRA
16.How did Matt Stone and Trey Parker choose to respond to life in Littleton?
17.What were some of the responses form schools nationwide to the tragedy at Columbine?A
18.Who were some of the people/things blamed for the tragedy at Columbine?
Movies, vedio games, Mrilyn Manson
19. How does Marilyn Manson respond to allegations that he is to blame? Who does he imply was influential?
He sais he just did what he want to do, and he didn't mean to ignite any violent events. He thought the family is influential to their children's behavior.
20.What class were the boys enrolled in the morning before they killed at Columbine?
Bowling Ball class
21.What other countries besides the U.S. have violent pasts?
Japan, Germany, Canada...
22.When was the Colt revolver created?When was the NRA founded?What does the news media want people to feel?
They want people to feel fear and unsafety.
25.How many kids have been killed by Halloween candy? Was it on purpose?
Only two kids have been killed by Halloween candy, and they were killed by their relatives not by other people.
26.Who is the most common suspect on television?
Black man
27.Who most often gets in trouble for gun possession--kids in the city or kids in the suburbs?
28.Who conditions people in the United States to believe that their communities are dangerous?
When there are many black men living around them.
29.What does the former TV producer of Cops say sells in the media?
violence
30.How many gun murders were there is Sarnia, Canada, in the past three years? How many in Windsor?
Only one in Sarnia, and zero in Windsor.
31.What are some misconceptions about Canada? What is the truth?
32.Does Canada have guns? In 2001, could they get guns/ammunition easily? Explain.
No
33.How is Canadian TV news different from TV news in the United States?
No different
34.How is the health care system in Canada different from health care in the United States?35.How long did it take the news crews to show up in Flint, Michigan, to cover the youngest school shooting?
36.How did the Welfare to Work program impact Tamarla Owens, the mother of the boy who shot the little girl, Kayla?
37.How did people capitalize on September 11?
Because people fear another terrible attack, so they purchase many weapons or equipments to protect themselves. Firearm companies can sell more guns and relative equipments to people and profit from it.
8.What does Michael Moore take Richard and Mark to do at K-Mart headquarters?
To ask for stopping selling ammunition in K-Mart.
39.What do Mark, Richard and Michael convince K-Mart to do about selling ammunition in their stores?
K-Mart decided to stop selling ammunition in their stores.
40.Whom does Michael Moore visit at his house in Hollywood? What is the outcome of their discussion?
Charlton Heston. He refused to take Michael Moore's advise and refused to apologize to the victims of the former tragedy.
41.What did you learn from the film?
We should protect ourselves but without guns.
42.What are some of the questions this film poses?
Racism, gun control, violence movies and vedio games, Marilyn Manson.
43.After watching this film, what else do you want to know?